We see hundreds of movies a year. So, now that our awards ballot has been submitted to the Music City Film Critics' Association, here are the absolute best films we saw in 2025! Let's talk about it...

A lot of critics have it among their best of 2025, but is WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY truly Oscar worthy? How does it stack up to the rest of the franchise? Should it have spent more time in theaters before hitting Netflix? Let's talk about it...

Timothée Chalamet is one of the greatest actors of this generation, no doubt. But does that make every movie he does amazing? Well, no, but every performance he gives is. And that proves to be true for the new A24 film MARTY SUPREME. So let's talk about it...

Let's get down to it: Avatar: Fire and Ash is visually stunning, but incredibly long. Do the visuals do enough to make the movie good? Let's discuss.

Sure, some years are better than others, but great movies come out every year. But in very few years has a film had the emotional impact HAMNET had in 2025. Even if it's not your favorite genre, your soul needs to see Chloé Zhao's HAMNET. Paul Mescal is great as William Shakespeare, but Jessie Buckley and Jacobi Jupe send this one into outer space. So let's talk about it...

Disney's ZOOTOPIA is criminally underrated. Can the sequel live up to the original? Some of us think so, while others don't. So let's talk about Nick Wilde, Judy Hopps, the Zee-bros, Nibbles Maplestick... and Ed Shear-en???

We’re unpacking Bugonia, a film that blends absurd comedy with pointed social commentary. From its bizarre premise to its surprisingly thoughtful moments, there’s a lot to explore. Let’s jump into what makes this movie stand out.

When you're making a movie based on a novel, the audience is expecting a faithful adaptation. So when director Dylan Southern was writing the screenplay for THE THING WITH FEATHERS, he had original author Max Porter involved throughout the process. We sat down with Southern and talked to him about the efforts he made, the pit stops of making his first non-documentary film and the movies that inspired him...